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Nearly $225,000 raised for Special Olympics in Downtown Seattle last weekend

According to Special Olympics Washington, it costs $650 to support one Special Olympic athlete per year — according to my Cougar math that’s roughly 346 local athletes this past weekend’s event supported.

As I mentioned last week, KING 5 and Evening Magazine’s Meeghan Black, US Bank’s Michael Riggins, and I kicked off the Downtown Seattle rappelling on Friday before the weekend event.

As you see from the photos, we had the right to be slightly nervous about rappelling down a 490ft skyscraper; my nervousness even showed in a video I posted on my Facebook from the top of the building.

But at the end of the day, everybody who rappelled this past weekend overcame their nervousness and applied some courage in order to help roughly 346 Washington State Special Olympic Athletes.

Thanks to all who rappelled, donated money, and stopped by the event to watch.

Also, a big thanks to the 100 volunteers who helped out this past weekend.

See more photos taken by SeattlePI.com photographer Sofia Jaramillo here .

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